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Mesa Public Schools Saves 37.7 Cents per Mile with Propane Autogas

Mesa Unified School District No. 4 in Phoenix, Ariz., knew that they needed a cleaner alternative to diesel to fuel their school buses, which transport more than 20,000 children to and from school each day. After years of researching and weighing all alternative fuel options, Ron Latko, Mesa’s director of transportation and vehicle maintenance, presented his overview of the district’s use of propane autogas vehicles to the school’s governing board. The first question the board asked was, “How fast can we convert the entire fleet?”